he spoke at hiram college in hiram, ohio for about 20 minutes. the ohio democrat talked about work ethic. he was joined by his wife connie schultz. [ applause ] >> thank you. he's impressive. i said to the president i'm glad when i listened to him and think about his potential ambitions and i'm glad there are two senate seats in ohio not just one. thank you, rodney for that. it's a thrill to be here. connie and i have never done this before. we've never done a joint graduation speech, a joint commencement speech. we've only once ever done a joint speech of any kind. a bit of an experiment. i appreciate all of you gives us a thans chachl as i said we're thrilled to be here. see what happens when you do this? is that better? never had anybody do that either when i speak. congratulations to all of you. tom who is one of the great college presidents in this state. ken moore and the board of trustees, thank you for your inspiring words. listening to dr. day talk about innovation and values and diversity. that's what draws me to hiram college and knowi

if there was to be 10, one central figure, was hiram sibley. he really did two things. he was able to convince a number of merchants and capitalist people in what seemed to be failed inventions. the telegraph corporation almost never was making money. he convinces these rochester, new york buddies from the man who helped him when he was a poor boy, he had been helped by these wealthy merchants and they're very skeptical. he convinces them to put a lot of money into the corporation that became known as western union, which he was then -- he would use the capital to buy out the number of companies. the second key insight or key innovation besides a certain amount of capital. like all the capital that is raised, at one point in time -- the other two innovations of sibley's was he figured out a way to get a monopoly in a political economy in which state governments were encouraging the establishment of lots of telegraphing. established exclusive rights contracts with individual railroads. if you can get an exclusive contract, say between detroit and chicago along a particul

while living at 419 u street, hiram worked as an elevator operator at the post office and susan was a telephone operator. it's interesting to note the difference in the types of employment for blacks who were living on the 400 block of ledroit park versus the positions blacks held in 1929 the de priests joined the community. when the de priests arrived, they joined a number of other prominent black families such as dr. garnett c. wilkinson who lived at 406 u street, clara, who lived at 414 u street. she was the a pharmacist and a daughter of john smith. there was percy a. roy who was a craftsman. artisan and manual arts teacher that lived at 417 u street. in 1910, the brown's neighbors worked as a dining car waiter and a maid. other neighbors worked as a traveling salesman a janitor, a messenger for the navy, a port er at a hotel. most notably through the family historian whom i had the pleasure of knowing for the last year and a half of her life. and that would be sylvia jennings alexander. she was paul jennings' great granddaughter. he was born in 1799 and she just that few generati

they created a 40-foot slip and slide and slid down a cliff into utah's hiram dam. went viral on youtube this week with more than 81,000 views. >>> it's a 911 call the cops never expected. a man calls police over a subpar sandwich. hear the dispatcher's response next. >> in just minutes on then a vegas powerhouse making plans to set up -- on the news edge a vegas powerhouse making plans to set up shop in maryland, details ahead at 11:00. >>> 911 operators sometime get some strange and whacky calls. case in point, a man called in because he didn't like the food he ordered from a connecticut deli. >> you're calling 911 because you don't like the way that they're making your sandwich? >> exactly. >> so don't buy it. >> yeah, the operator gave the man some good advice. the customer was so unhappy he called police from a phone inside the deli. sandwich he go was subpar. officers responded to the deli just to make sure everything was okay.

i have been to hiram college visiting students there on their graduation day. i have been at cincinnati -- the university of cincinnati, been to ohio state. been to wright state university in dayton speaking to students. they understand if we don't act, then future college graduates will see an average of about a thousand dollars in extra interest fees for stafford student loans. my colleague, senator jack reed and the senator from rhode island, senator harkin and i have introduced the stop the student loan interest rate hike which would keep college affordable for more students. the act is fully paid for by closing a corporate tax loophole. we want to pay for this. we don't want to add to this debt for college students, we don't want to add to their personal debt by allowing the 3.4% interest rates to double. i would like to make this more personal, if i could, mr. president, and lead some letters from students in ohio schools, students and families. it affects the student personally, of course, these higher interest rates. it also affects the family. also the